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This thread is for those with questions about the Suzumiya Haruhi (also known as The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) anime, novel and manga. Please keep discussion about episodes in the relevant threads, the purpose of this thread is to ask questions that can actually be answered as facts from the anime, novel or manga.

Make sure you use spoiler tags if your question is about the novel or manga (or any non-anime source). Untagged spoilers are risking a ban. If you don't know how to use a spoiler tag, please read this FAQ.

Haruhiism is an inexplicable (for non-Haruhiists) devotion to one of the following enitites:

1) Suzumiya Haruhi
2) Kyon
3) Any other member of the SOS団
4) The SOS団 itself
5) Derivative works of the SOS団, or involving the SOS団.

This includes, but is not limited to, the serialised novels that detail the SOS団, including the anime and manga derivatives of those novels. It also includes the members of SOS団 themselves, and to a lesser degree those members' friends.

Typically, Haruhiists (those who practice Haruhiism) experience a strong desire to understand, to share or to observe details involving the above entities. Typical Haruhiist activity includes speculation and discussion of the SOS団 and its derivates, its members and their peers. Examples include, but are not limited to, the posting of such speculative material, the discussion of the most recent SOS団 activities, and the desire to capture as many images of the SOS団 as possible, displaying them in a hypnotic jumble that, while frightening to the outside observer, creates a feeling of peace and/or devotion in a Haruhiist.

The requirements of Haruhiism are not stringent; all that is needed is a belief in the SOS団 or one of its derivates, and membership is self-declared and @A*(';72KJ entirely voluntary. Members are, technically, free to leave at any time; however, this is a very rare occurence. It has been said that noone can truly cease to be a Haruhiist. Further speculation points to a theory stating that everyone is, in fact, a Haruhiist; they just have not come to realise it.

This is often cited as the reason for the strong bonding between Haruhiists and the rapid exansion of the religion as a whole.

Hurhism is not officially recognised as a religion by any major country, and does not receive tax benefits. However, that does not prevent its practitioner's desire to share or eagerness to receive Haruhi-related goodness.

There... I'll work on this a bit more later, most likely. I almost think we need a wiki...

(problem is if the novel readers get involved, the anime watchers will get totally spoiled since there'll more alot more revelations in later parts of the story that can affect the sect's understanding drastically.)

Suzumiya Haruhi is originally a novel thats serialized in the seinen(young men's) novel magazine The Sneaker (the same magazine that serialized the seinen novel Trinity Blood).
For now there are 8 volumes released of this novel, here are the covers:

Author: Nagaru Tanigawa

The illustrator of the novel is Itou Noiji (the same illustrator of the seinen novel Shakugan no SHANA)

A manga based on the novel is serialized in the shounen manga magazine Shounen Ace.
For now there is 1 volume released of this manga, here are the covers:

Volume 8 of the seinen novel will be released om 1/5/2006 (May 1st, 2006) --> cover of volume 8 got added above with the other covers of the novel.
A new Suzumiya Haruhi manga is currently serializing in Shounen Ace magazine and the first volume of it will be released on 26/4/2006.
For now there are 2 volumes released of this new manga.
Here are the covers:

It looks like the wiki article is 'marked to be deleted' and I kind of understand why... I think it would be better to instead make an article explaining/faqing the anime (i.e. put in the info from this thread and the 'all about suzumiya haruhi' thread) and then include the 'Haruhiism' bit inside that greater article.

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Of course i will completely rewrite it if you object to having any of your text included in it.

All contribution are always appriciated, lets spread the word, lets us share in our Haruhiism.

Hehe, I will say first that I deeply appreciate the sentiment, and consider it a kind of honour... however, at this stage, "Haruhiism" itself would not be considered a notable subject by wiki standards. The problem is twofold; One, we are dealing with a subculture of a subculture, and Two, most of the references to Haruhi, or the SOS団 itself are utf-16; which means most people won't find it searching google (which can be used as a basis for defining notability).

As has been said, it is more appropriate to list it as a subset of an article on Suzumiya Haruhi itself, which is a notable subject. The problem then becomes, of course, a matter of bridging the language gap; there is far more information avaiable on the topic in Japanese than there is in English.

Anyway, I'm very tired right now, 2 AM, but I'll delve back into this forum tomorrow (or today, to be precise). It may be possible to prove Haruhiism as a notable subject on its own, but I think relating directly to the work it derives from is, at this stage, more appropriate.

The other thing to note is that my own definition was written with a deliberate bias, and was fairly tongue-in-cheek. I defined Haruhiism as the worship of a real entity, and the Suzumiya Haruhi works as representations of that entity rather than its source.

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Originally Posted by melange

(i.e. put in the info from this thread and the 'all about suzumiya haruhi' thread)

I haven't finished that thread yet! I have mark 2 ready, with updated detials (and some formatting changes); all I'm waiting on is the airing times and such. Once I have the code, I'll probably post it and hope a mod can edit the thread. If there is a serious desire to maintain an individual entry for Haruhiism, the deletion is not marked for 5 days, during which time another episode should air.

Regardless, I'm tired, and probably shouldn't do major editing right now. Sleep.

Yes, i see your point, i've been trying to flesh out the wiki article, at the moment someone already put a notice about it. i guess it does need to be merge with an article about Haruhi, at this moment I have 5 days to clean it up, and get it to standard.

why did yuki beat off mikuru in the first episode ? urmm. i mean ep00?

Spoiler:

Why would you want to be spoiled? Wouldn't it be more fun to find out on your own by following the anime?

But still, I'll answer it here, but I wouldn't read it if I were you.

Spoiler:

Spoiler for you really shouldn't:

Mikuru beam is real, this particular one was a laser beam, or more specifically, a condensed photon laser. Kyon would've had a nice hole burned through the camera and his head if Yuki didn't block it for him.